According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently stuck together.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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There is a mysterious and loud radio signal known as 'the space roar' that has yet to be explained.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
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A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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